Regimental number | 1078 |
Place of birth | Northam, Western Australia |
School | Scotch College, Claremont, Western Australia |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Teacher |
Address | Dowerin, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, Robert McGregor Scouler, Blantyre, Dowerin, Western Australia |
Previous military service | He was a Junior Cadet from the time he was old enough to join and later a Senior Cadet. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Comissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | When twelve years of age won a government scholarship. He also secured Junior and Senior exhibitions as the result of the Adelaide University exams. (details from father) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. I), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 179 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Isabella SCOULER, Blantyre, Dowerin, Western Australia. Native of Northam, Western Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1077 Pte Alexander Peter SCOULER, 5th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 17 December 1918; Captain John James SCOULER , CdeG (France), 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 24 January 1920. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |